Chillin' With My Gnomies

Another quick trip in the books. I finished bringing Miss Gnomie to New Bern today. We covered another 191 miles from Great Bridge, VA. We sure did get an early start to the day, however. We pushed off the dock this morning at 5:30am to make the first bridge before it went on restricted opening for rush hour traffic. It was hard to get up that early, but it allowed us to finish early today too. We pulled into New Bern at 3:20pm this afternoon. The temperature of 91 degrees was a bit oppressive!

The boat continued to run great today. We had another perfect weather day on the water too. Seas were flat calm again and once we cleared the no wake zone in Coinjock at 8:30 this morning, the boat didn't come off of plane until 3:15pm as we brought her into the slip.


Miss Gnomie in her new slip in the Grande Marine in New Bern, NC


At 6:30 this morning the sunrise was gorgeous as we traveled down the NC/VA cut.


A shrimp boat on the Pamlico Sound.


The Neuse River Marker

Miss Gnomie

Another trip is in the works. Today I am aboard Miss Gnomie, a 1997 Trojan 44 Express that is coming out of Pasadena, MD just outside of Baltimore on its way to its new home in New Bern, NC. She is powered with Caterpillar 3126's that have her cruising at about 23mph. Boat was on the hard for the past two years, but you would not have known it by the way she performed today. She never missed a beat. She ran great on some very smooth water on the Chesapeake Bay today. Seas were projected at 1 foot or less. As I told my first mate today, this was the "or less" part of the forecast. It is nice to catch a break every now and again.

We ran 190 miles today down to Atlantic Yacht Basin in Great Bridge, VA. We had a few issues once we tied up to the dock. The fresh water pump and the A/C pump were both air locked. After a few choice words and a bit of sweat, we got things fixed and now have the water flowing and cabin cool once again.

Just a really pretty day on the water and a beautiful ride through Norfolk with all the Navy ships looking good.


Smith Point Light with some really flat calm water.






Norfolk, VA


One very large Navy ship in dry dock.


Great Bridge Lock


Great Bridge